Prayer & worshipFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 31, 2026.
Turn to Allah through dua in hardship
“Coupling humility with sincerity is the key to dua.”
In one sentence
Because hardship is unavoidable, believers should turn continually to Allah through dua made with humility, sincerity, hope, and fear, including in times of ease.
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Frames human life as an unavoidable, ongoing struggle from birth through adulthood.
- Turns from unavoidable hardship to Allah’s invitation to ask Him through dua.
- Explains dua as recognizing human dependence and Allah’s limitless ability.
- Teaches humility, privacy, sincerity, hope, and fear as qualities of dua.
- Uses prophetic examples to stress gentle voices and dua as worship.
- Urges plentiful dua in ease so believers turn to Allah in hardship.
- Closes with Qur’anic recitation, exhortations to taqwa, prayers, and remembrance.
Try this week
Make dua continually, including when life is going well.
Make dua humbly, sincerely, and privately.
Approach dua with both hope in Allah’s answer and fear of disobedience.
Lower the voice when calling upon Allah.
Remember Allah and make plentiful dua during times of ease.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Every single one of us has experienced this. There is no human being on the face of the earth that goes through life without any problems.”
“And that constant thing is that our Lord is there and our Lord is asking us to ask Him.”
“So coupling humility with sincerity is the key to dua. Coupling humility, a recognition of one's servanthood to Allah ta'ala, along with humility or sincerity.”
“Many times, we fall into the mistake of only making du'aa when we need something. Only making du'aa when times are tough.”
Where it was given
The masjid
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